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(BlackNews.com) - Raymond Jackson on the verge of attaining
heights few Americans -- and no other African American
-- have ever reached. Charismatic, handsome, and a compelling
public speaker, Raymond is certain to become the first
black Vice President of the United States.
A public that is hungry for change eagerly embraces
him. Like all human beings Raymond has weaknesses. He
has an inferiority complex trying to measure up to the
piety and accomplishments of his father, Bishop A. L.
Jackson, founder of a prosperous and powerful mega church.
Raymond's marriage is foundering due to his and his
wife's mutual indifference, ambitions, and disappointments.
Raymond feels the good in his life far outweighs the
bad, but his whole existence is shaken when he is introduced
to his Godfather. Paul Goodson is a dynamic, seemingly
spiritual man, who thwarts Raymond's vice presidential
aspirations by presenting him with a perplexing option:
Raymond can have everything he will ever desireif he
gives up everything he has ever had -- including a sure
position as Vice President! Surely this "Godfather"
is mad to suggest that Raymond refuse a powerful position
that few people could ever experience, in exchange forwho
knows what?
Dismissing Goodson's unsettling offer Raymond throws
himself into his campaign with greater vigor, exploiting
the media, and pioneering new methods to appeal to great
masses of disenchanted American voters, and using the
charms of his mistress, Nicky, for sexual diversion.
But despite his flurry of furious activity Raymond is
compelled to drop everything, retreat to isolation,
and confront who he has become.
An excruciating 40-day period of physical and mental
testing ensues where Raymond struggles to shed the old
attitudes and beliefs that kept him from reaching his
God-ordained destiny. With the guidance of his nurse
and teacher he resurrects himself on all levels -- physically,
emotionally, intellectually and spiritually -- to fulfill
God's duties for him.
The renewed Raymond rediscovers the beautiful and loving
woman he married in his wife Diamond. While not comprehending
the reasons for her husband's transformation, she believes
in and supports her "new man". With Raymond and Diamond
truly reunited as a couple his Godfather outlines the
long-made plans for Raymond's destiny.
A dozen generations before Raymond was born, two lifelong
friends were enslaved in Africa. One was able to secure
his freedom and return to Africa, but the other friend
remained in bondage in America. Because he so loved,
missed and honored his lost friend, the freed slave
made a promise to establish a homeland where the descendants
of African slaves could re-establish themselves as full
participants in affairs of international magnitude.
The American slave was the ancestor of Bishop Jackson
and Raymond. Paul Goodson, Raymond's Godfather, was
the descendent of the slave who found freedom and vowed
to establish a new homeland.
In the decades and centuries since the two friends parted
Goodson's family founded a business empire of immense
wealth, providing the foundation and infrastructure
for the New Nation of Africa. Now a leader is needed
to introduce the New Nation to the African American
people.
Raymond comes to truly understand that he was not intended
to be America's first African American vice president;
being the founder of the New Nation of Africa is his
destiny. Now that he knows his destiny Raymond must
fight many unseen forces to reach it. His painful 40-day
trial was child's play compared to the fierce obstacles
he encounters in fulfilling his mission. He is bombarded
with the very worst disappointments and tragedies that
can occur -- scurrilous accusations, the deaths of those
who are most beloved to him, the doubts of his closest
friends, character and physical assassination attempts,
personal betrayals, and other disheartening events.
Despite the purity and nobility of his intentions, Raymond
is perceived by many as bad for America and a danger
to the entire world. Raymond finds the pressure to deliver
African Americans to their homeland excruciating, to
the point of his mental and physical debilitation. Reaching
his destiny seems to be leading to death, destruction,
and dividing a nation. In his greatest time of need
the guidance Raymond desperately seeks is unavailable
to himor so it seems.
Raymond ultimately learns to look within himself for
answers for the tools and elements for success are already
in place. Divided Nation answers the great, What
if that lies beneath the surface of the American society.
What if a leader came along who picked up where other
visionaries left off, taking the country where some
have dreamed of, and where others dared not go?
Reinforcing the lessons and experiences of Moses, Jesus,
Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and other saints
among us, Divided Nation, with its fast pace,
constant barrage of events, confrontations, surprises
and turning points, maintains its grip on readers from
the first to last page.
Divided
Nation is steeped hope and spirituality, and is
a powerful aid to developing spiritual solutions to
problems. Readers will be enthralled by the roller coaster
ride of Raymond Jackson's mission to fulfill his God-ordained
destiny.
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